EMANUEL STEWARD, THE STEWARD OF CHAMPIONS
By Maloney L. Samaco
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 27 Oct 2012
Emanuel ?Manny? Steward was an American boxer, trainer, and commentator for HBO Boxing and a great loss to the boxing world when he died last October 25. Steward trained 41 world and international champion fighters, both professional and amateur, throughout his training career. His heavyweight fighters had a record of 34-2-1 combined in title bouts. He was an inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame, and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.
Steward was born in Bottom Creek, West Virginia and moved to Detroit, Michigan at age 12 where he began an amateur boxing career. He compiled a record of 94 wins and 3 losses as an amateur boxer and won the 1963 National Golden Gloves tournament in the bantamweight division. After that he began training amateur boxers.
In 1971, Steward became a coach at the Kronk Gym. He trained several top amateurs and later championship-caliber professional fighters. Steward is a true ?steward of champions.? The former world champions who have trained or requested Steward's assistance during their professional career are:
? Dennis Andries (WBC light-heavyweight)
? Wilfred Ben?tez (WBA lightwelterweight, WBC welterweight, and WBC lightmiddleweight)
? Julio C?sar Ch?vez (WBC superfeatherweight, WBA lightweight, WBC lightweight, WBC lightwelterweight, IBF lightwelterweight and WBC lightwelterweight)
? Kermit Cintron (IBF welterweight)
? Miguel Cotto (WBO lightwelterweight, WBA welterweight, WBO welterweight, WBA lightmiddleweight, WBA Super lightmiddleweight)
? Oscar De La Hoya (WBO superfeatherweight, WBO lightweight, IBF lightweight, WBC welterweight, IBA welterweight title, WBC lightmiddleweight, WBA Super lightmiddleweight, WBO middleweight, WBC lightmiddleweight, and IBA lightmiddleweight)
? Naseem Hamed (WBO featherweight, WBC featherweight, and IBF featherweight)
? Thomas Hearns (WBA welterweight, WBC lightmiddleweight, WBC lightheavyweight, WBC middleweight, WBO supermiddleweight, WBA lightheavyweight, WBU cruiserweight and IBO cruiserweight)
? Evander Holyfield (WBA cruiserweight, IBF Cruiserweight , WBC cruiserweight, WBC heavyweight, WBA heavyweight, IBF heavyweight, WBA heavyweight, IBF heavyweight, WBA heavyweight, IBF heavyweight, WBA heavyweight, WBF heavyweight)
? Hilmer Kenty (WBA lightweight)
? Ole Klemetsen (IBC lightheavyweight and IBA lightheavyweight)
? Wladimir Klitschko (WBO heavyweight, WBO heavyweight, IBF heavyweight, WBA Super heavyweight, and IBO heavyweight)
? Lennox Lewis (WBC heavyweight, WBA heavyweight, IBF heavyweight, and IBO heavyweight)
? Michael Moorer (WBO lightheavyweight, WBO heavyweight, WBA heavyweight, and IBF heavyweight)
? Oliver McCall (WBC heavyweight)
? Mike McCallum (WBA lightmiddleweight, WBA middleweight, WBC lightheavyweight)
? Milton McCrory (WBC welterweight)
? Gerald McClellan (WBO middleweight and WBC middleweight)
? Miguel Angel Gonzalez (WBC lightweight)
? Jimmy Paul (IBF lightweight)
? Graciano Rocchigiani (IBF supermiddleweight and WBC lightheavyweight)
? Jermain Taylor (WBC middleweight, WBA Super middleweight, WBO middleweight, and IBF middleweight)
? Duane Thomas (WBC lightmidlleweight)
? James Toney (IBF middleweight, IBF supermiddleweight, IBF cruiserweight, IBU heavyweight, IBA heavyweight, IBA supercruiserweight, IBO cruiserweight, WBU cruiserweight, and WBU lightheavyweight)
? Tony Tucker (IBF heavyweight)
? Yuriorkis Gamboa (WBA featherweight and IBF featherweight)
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